| Hot stick is jammed.... help..... #147353 06/30/08 03:51 PM 06/30/08 03:51 PM |
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Posts: 70 Louisiana | Well we did a good bit of sailing in gulfshores and did not break anything.... well.... except for jamming the hotstick.
Ive tried soaking it in freshwater and it does not twist. Anyone have any sugestions..... its extended about halfway out (or in depending on how you look at it). Once it locked into place it has not moved.....
Thanks Todd Hubbell
Sailing a 1980 Hobie-18M with 1990 hulls in Southern Louisiana.
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#147354 06/30/08 04:18 PM 06/30/08 04:18 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA David Ingram
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Posts: 3,906 Clermont, FL, USA | If you have access to a pool, go swimming with it. You'll have to get it to move even if it's just a little. Once it starts moving keep working it until it's clean and fully functional.
If it's not a victim of sand or other debris, then you'll just have to muscle it, make sure you're going the right way.
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#147355 06/30/08 04:20 PM 06/30/08 04:20 PM |
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Posts: 93 virginia beach, VA | don't twist too hard.... you could end up cracking the seam.... have you tried hitting it on the gound to try and push it back together....
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#147356 06/30/08 04:22 PM 06/30/08 04:22 PM |
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Posts: 70 Louisiana | I havent hit it on the ground yet ..... I going to try the pool idea and then add the hitting idea as time goes on.
T
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#147357 06/30/08 04:24 PM 06/30/08 04:24 PM | Anonymous
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Unregistered | i have had mine lock up and a few good smacks freed it. Afterwards i removed the handle and pumped it a few 100 times in a bucket of soap water (i did it in a 5 gal water bottle to avoid making a mess).. it was good as new afterwards. | | | Re: Hot stick is jammed.... help.....
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | After you get it moving in the pool. Line up the little hole with the little pin and push the pin out to disassemble it. That's the best way to guarantee you get all the sand out. Shoot it with some McLube after ya clean it ,than re-assemble.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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#147359 06/30/08 07:32 PM 06/30/08 07:32 PM |
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Posts: 119 Bernhards Bay, N.Y. | Cuss & swear at it.. I did it to mine, it didn't do a damm thing~~ but I felt better.... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Do what the other guys said. Thats what I did..... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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Posts: 70 Louisiana | Soaked in the pool for about 2 hours and tried to make it move.... no luck.... lots o cussing and I did feel better but the stick is still stuck.....
Fever.... What little hole and what little pin? it all looks solid to me.
Todd
Sailing a 1980 Hobie-18M with 1990 hulls in Southern Louisiana.
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#147362 07/01/08 04:42 PM 07/01/08 04:42 PM |
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Posts: 248 Colorado | OK, I got it. I know this will solve your problem:
First, build a fire, then throw the old hotstick in. Then get out your credit card and visit this site's OnLine Store and order yourself a new one.
Unless you make minimum wage, the amount of time you've spent on the old stick would have bought you a new one.
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#147363 07/01/08 06:08 PM 07/01/08 06:08 PM |
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | If it's an Arriba,You have to get it moving, fully shorten it. Rotate it as far as possible like your going to extend it. There should be a small(1/16") hole at the end(it maybe under the rubber sleeve) and if you move it around a little you should see a stainless pin.Push the pin through and when you extend the stick it won't stop at the end, it will come apart. Hope this helps.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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#147365 07/02/08 08:33 AM 07/02/08 08:33 AM | Anonymous
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